John Connolly

	John Connolly [1968-]
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	Charlie “Bird” Parker, an ex-NYPD detective turned private investigator in cases taking him to locations in North America:
	Every Dead Thing (1999) 2000 Shamus Award for Best First Novel Finalist 2000 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel Dark Hollow (2001) Finalist 2001 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel The Killing Kind (2002) Finalist 2002 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel The White Road (2003) 2003 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel The Black Angel (2005) The Unquiet (2007) Finalist 2008 Macavity Award for Best Novel Finalist 2008 Barry Award for Best Novel The Reapers (2008) The Lovers (2009) Finalist 2010 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel The Whisperers (2010) Finalist 2011 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel	The Burning Soul (2011) The Wrath of Angels (2013) The Wolf in Winter (2014) A Song of Shadows (2015) Finalist 2016 Barry Award for Best Novel A Time of Torment (2016) A Game of Ghosts (2017) The Woman in the Woods (2018) A Book of Bones (2019) The Dirty South (2020) The Nameless Ones (2021) Finalist 2022 Barry Award for Best Thriller The Furies: Two Charlie Parker Novels (2022) The Instruments of Darkness (2024)

	Samuel Johnson, his dachshund Boswell, and an unlucky demon named Nurd, in an adult fantasy thriller series for children:
	The Gates (2009) Finalist 2010 Barry Award for Best Novel Hell’s Bells (2011) APA: The Infernals (2011) [review] Finalist 2012 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel	The Creeps (2013)

	Non-series:
	Bad Men¹ (2004) Nocturnes² (2004) [SS]	The Book of Lost Things (2006) Night Music: Nocturnes, Vol. 2 (2015) [SS]
	1. Charlie Parker makes a brief appearance in this book. 2. Includes Parker novella The Reflecting Eye

	Non-fiction:
	Married to a Stranger: A True Story of Murder and the Multi-Million Dollar Mail-Order Bride Business (2006) [written with Gaylen Ross]	Books To Die For: The World’s Greatest Mystery Writers on the World’s Greatest Mystery Novels (2012) [with co-editor Declan Burke] 2012 Agatha Award for Best Non-fiction 2013 Anthony Award for Best Critical Nonfiction 2013 Macavity Award for Best Non-fiction Finalist 2013 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical